Aircraft Photo of WD686 | Gloster Meteor NF11 | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #857558
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:WD686
Aircraft Original Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Generic Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor NF11
Licence-built by:Armstrong Whitworth
C/n (msn):AW.5338
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:DuxfordMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGSU   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
Collection:Imperial War Museum Duxford
 
Photo Date:2 July 1989
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 857558
Photo Comment

Delivered to the RAF as WD686 in 1952. Withdrawn from use at Thurleigh in 1967. To the Imperial War Museum, Duxford by 1974 then to the Muckleburgh Collection, Weybourne, Norfolk by 1991. To Old Sarum for restoration in 2017 then to the RAF Defford Museum in 2018 and the Wattisham Museum in 2023.

This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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